Protector for spectacles.



PATBNTED JUNE 13, 190s G. E. LINNIG.. PROTECTOR FOB SPF(`}T!CLBSL APPLIOATION FILED IAN. 16. 19(15` 3&0@

if@ 2 z y UNITED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

PROTECTOR FOR SPECTACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,524, dated June 13, 1905. Application iiled January 16, 1905. Serial No. 241,396.

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. LINNIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peru,

' in the county of Lasalle and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Protectors for Spectacles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates toyimprovements in spectacle protectors or holders for shipping purposes; and it consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eiicient device of this character by means of which a pair of spectacles or the like may be compactly and securely wrapped so that they may be safely shipped from place to place.

The above and other objects, which will appear as the nature of my invention .is better understood, are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures l, 2, and 8 are plan views of the blanks from which my spectacle protector or holder is formed. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the complete protector or holder. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional View taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the device with the cover or top piece removed, a pair of spectacles being shown upon the bottom piece and beneath the bridge-piece. Referring to the drawings by numeral, l denotes my improved protector or holder for spectacles, eyeglasses, and thelike, which consists of three separate pieces-namely, a base or bottom piece 2, a bridge-piece 3, and the cover or top piece 4. These parts or pieces may be cut, pressed, molded, or otherwise made from cardboard, wood, or other suitable material. As shown, the base or bottom piece 2 is of rectangular form and has at the center of each of its sides angularly-disposed upwardly-extending guard-walls 5. These guards or guard-walls are preferably formed by cutting the blank shown in Fig. l of the drawings along the dotted lines and bending up the portions 5, as shown. These portions or guards 5 are of suflicient height to protect the nose-piece N of a pair of spectacles S, which is placed in the device, the nose-piece being disposed upon the neck 6, located between the guard-walls 5. In order to protect the lenses L of the pair of spectacles, the upper or inner surface of the bottom piece 2 is preferably covered with a layer 7 of cotton or other suitable material. The bridge-piece 3 is provided for the purpose of retaining the pair of spectacles upon the bottom piece 2 and holding and supporting the guard-walls 5 in their upright position. This bridge-piece, as

Vclearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, has

enlarged outer ends 8, formed by the diverging side edges of the' same, and it is bent angularly at its center, as shown at 9, when it is placed in position upon the bottom piece. In applying the bridge-piece it is placed transversely across the center of the bottom piece, so that its angularly-bent center 9 engages the nose-piece of the pair of spectacles, and its enlarged ends 8 enter between the pairs of guardwalls 5 for the purpose of supporting them. The cover or top piece 4 is provided for the purpose of retaining the bridge-piece 3 in position and further protecting the pair of spectacles. This top piece 4 is formed with a centrally-disposed slot l0, which is adapted to receive the angularly-bentcenter 9 of the bridgepiece, and with downwardly-bent fingers 11, which are located at the center of each of the sides of said top piece and are adapted to engage the ends 8 of the bridge-piece in order to retain the same between the guard-walls 5. These fingers l1 are preferably formed by cutting the blank shown in Fig. 3 along the dotted lines and then bending the portions l1 downwardly, as shown.

The construction, use, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. It will be seen that in applying a pair of spectacles to the holder they are placed upon the bottom piece 1, as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, the temples or bows of the spectacles being IOO folded on top, so as to prevent the top piece 4 from contacting with the upper faces of the lenses, the lower Jraces of the latter being protected by the covering 7. The bridge-piece 3 is then placed transversely across the bottom piece 2, as shown in said figure of the drawings, and the top piece 4 is then placed upon the bridge-piece 3 and the guard-walls 5 of the bottom piece 2. Vhen a pair of spectacles, eyeglasses, or the like is packed in this manner, they will be well protected, so that breakage cannot occur in shipping them. It will be understood that these protectors or holders when shipped are packed in a box or receptacle of any description and that owing to the compact construction of the device two pairs ot' spectacles may be readily placed in the space which is necessary for one as they are now packed.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrilicing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is#

l. A device of the character described comprising a base having upwardly-projecting guards adapted to receive the nose-piece of av pair of spectacles or the like between them, a transversely-disposed bridge engaged with said guards, and a cover or top for holding said bridge in position, substantially as described.

2. A device of the character described comprising a base having angularly-disposed upwardly-projecting guards at the center of each of its sides, a transversely-disposed bridgepiece having its enlarged ends engaged with said guards, and a cover or top having centrally-disposed downwardly-projecting portions adapted to hold the ends of said bridge between said guards.

3. A device of the character described comprising a base or bottom piece, having angularly-disposed upwardly-bent guard-walls at the center of each of its sides, a bridge-piece disposed transversely across the center or' said bottom piece and having enlarged ends inserted between said guard-walls for the purpose of supporting the same, and a cover or top piece having centrally-disposed downturued fingers to retain the ends of said bridge-piece between said guard-walls.

4. A device of the character described cornprising a base or bottom piece having angularly-disposed, upwardly-bent guard-walls at the center of each ot' its sides, an angularlybent bridge-piece disposed transversely across the center ot' said bottom piece and having enlarged ends inserted between said guard-walls for the purpose of supporting the latter, and a cover or top piece having a centrally-disposed slot to receive the said angularly-bent bridge-piece and centrally-disposed, downwardly-bent fingers to retain the ends of said bridge-piece between said guard-walls, substantially as described.

In' testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. LINNIG. Vitnesses:

JOHN MAssInoA, L. G. OLMsTnD. 

